The Tennessee star., 1887-11-25
HOME AND FARM.

1T is wonderful, the exquisite pam
we contrive togive people whom we
really love very much. We give It BY
,narling and swapping. saying sarcas-
tic and biting thingss the idlers OF the
family being busiest in this occupa-
ton.
--Spiced Fruit: Four quarts Of ripe
fruit three and one-half pounds q
brown sugar, one pint vinegar, one
teaspoonful each of cinnamon. all
spice. cloves. q little nutmeg. Boil
one hour. Boston Budget.
Excellent Bun: Take one quart
Of fionr, mix with it oae-half teaspoon-
tul of salt, three teaspoonfuls baking
powder, mix thoroughly. Then rub
in one-half cup of butter, four eggs
inc pint of milk. Pour The butter into
gem pans and bake in a quick oven. =
Farmer and Manufacturer
Corn Cake; Yclks of two eggs,
half "a pint of cream or milk. two tear
spoonfuls of Melted butter, one spoon
full of yeast and meal enough for bakt-.
ing. Letit rise over night and bake
In loaf in the morning. This is for
experienced cooks to try Good Cheer
Walnut Cake: One cup of sugar.
nearly one-half cup of butter, one and
one-half cups of -four, one-half cup OF
cold wa or. two eggs, one-half teal
spoonful Of soda, one tcaspoonful
cream of tartar on,-half pound Of
walnuts. Cut the nuts into fine pieces
Frost the cake and put whole nuts on
top - Boston Budget.
Select the ERNEST and best heads
of cabbage if you wish to save your
own seed. Bury the heads or keep
them in place OF even temperature!
In the spring cut off the stalk 10 within
Two inches of the head. cut slit in the
seal. and put the head in the ground
with the top barely exposed, and IT
will then shoot up to seed.
Mr. n j. Shepherd, If Eldon. Mo.
a versatile writer for the press. tells
the SUine Breeders Journal that he
has never been able to see that there
has been any gain iii keeping the
growing or stock hogs fat The only
time that it is necessary to have the
hogs fat is when they are ready to
market. 1t is net good plan to stint
he hogs---this is worse than keeping
them too fat; both extremes should be
avoided with breeding or growing pigs
or hogs.
-Cocoanut Biscuit: Remove the
she'll and dark skin from fresh cocoa-
nut and CRATE it. Simmer it slowly
for half ali hour in a quart Of milk and
then squeeze all the milk from the nut
in strong towel. Add to the milk
one gillof compressed yeast, or one
gill of liquid yeast y tcaspoonful of
salt. and flour enough to make soft
dough; let it rise until light and then
knead and bake in form of small loaYes
or biscuits. -Ltdiaa;apotis Sentinel.
There is no service to which
horse can be put that wears him ont
SO quickly as drawing sleigh. He il
used to the resistance of busgy's
weight, and when he finds that he has
nothing. SO to speak, be hind him. he
runs through himself People suppose
that because liveryman charges five
dollars an hour for a sleigh during the
few days of the sleighing season he Isl
paying himself for storage of the cut,
ter during the rest of the year. That
is not the case.
Hot Potato Salad: A farmers VIII
writes: This dish is generally served
cold, but the following. made for eat
ing hot, may commend itself to some.
rs it does to me. Boil half dozen good
sized potatoes, in slightly-salted wa
ter, and slice while hot or cut into
small cubes. Chop small onion vcr,
fine and mix with it. Season with
pepper and a little prepared mustard.
Fry few slices of bicon 10 a nice
brown. remove the meat, and into
the fat pour half teacupful Of vinegar.
scald. and pour hot over the potatoes,
and serve at once. Farm, Field and
Stocknld7a.
Els
There are probably few men who
have fed sheep for fifteen or twenty
wears who can say that they found
them in every case profitable; and yer
more men could probably say this cf
sheep than could say it of either hogs
or cattle. Fat sheep never advance.
10 the extreme values occasionally
reached by o'her fat stock. but at the
same time they arc less apt to go to
IN extreme the other way. In fac:,
taking term of years together, no
other stock shows as great uniformity
in its quotations. The man who com
mands the fleeces and the carcasses of
Il nice bunch of wethers every year
finds sheep-fecding profitable. -NG-
tioitdt StocA,nnn.
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